Who is Doug Nussmeier? Here's a look at the background of Alabama's new offensive coordinator

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- New Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier not only will be replacing Jim McElwain on a coaching staff for the second time, but the two served three years together on the same Michigan State staff from 2003-05.

Nussmeier was the Spartans' quarterbacks coach. McElwain was the assistant head coach and coached wide receivers and special teams. Also on that coaching staff was Alabama offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland, who coached the Spartans' offensive line from 2000-2006.

The head coach at Michigan State while Nussmeier and McElwain were together was John L. Smith, now the head coach at Weber State.

Smith was the head coach at Idaho when Nussmeier was the star quarterback in the early 1990s.

The offensive coordinator at Idaho during Nussmeier's last two seasons as a player was Scott Linehan. Nussmeier served two seasons (2006-07) as the quarterbacks coach when Linehan was the head coach of the St. Louis Rams.

1990-93: Idaho. Threw for 10,824 yards in his career (309.1 per game). One of only four quarterbacks in NCAA history to pass for 10,000 yards and run for 1,000 in a career. Steve McNair, Dante Culpepper and Colin Kaepernick are the others. Threw for a school-record 33 touchdowns as a senior. Won the Walter Payton Award that went to the NCAA Division I-AA player of the year.